| 2 | | - | AN ACT concerning conservation districts; relating to the financing of operating |
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| 3 | | - | conservation districts; increasing the cap on the amount of moneys disbursed by the |
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| 4 | | - | division of conservation to conservation districts; providing an increased matching |
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| 5 | | - | basis for state moneys disbursed to conservation districts based on amounts allocated |
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| 6 | | - | by the board of county commissioners for such districts; amending K.S.A. 2-1907c |
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| 7 | | - | and repealing the existing section. |
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| 3 | + | By Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources |
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| 4 | + | 1-16 |
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| 5 | + | AN ACT concerning conservation districts; relating to the financing of |
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| 6 | + | operating conservation districts; increasing the cap on the amount of |
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| 7 | + | moneys disbursed by the division of conservation to conservation |
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| 8 | + | districts; providing an increased matching basis for state moneys |
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| 9 | + | disbursed to conservation districts based on amounts allocated by the |
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| 10 | + | board of county commissioners for such districts; amending K.S.A. 2- |
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| 11 | + | 1907c and repealing the existing section. |
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| 9 | | - | Section 1. K.S.A. 2-1907c is hereby amended to read as follows: |
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| 10 | | - | 2-1907c. On or before September November 1 of each calendar year, |
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| 11 | | - | each conservation district shall submit to the division a certification of |
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| 12 | | - | the amount of money to be furnished by the county commissioners for |
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| 13 | | - | conservation district activities for the ensuing calendar year. Such |
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| 14 | | - | amount shall be the same as authorized for such purposes in each |
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| 15 | | - | approved county budget. For the purpose of providing state financial |
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| 16 | | - | assistance to conservation districts and subject to the matching |
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| 17 | | - | requirements as provided further, the division in the regular budget |
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| 18 | | - | request, as a line item for the forthcoming fiscal year, shall submit a |
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| 19 | | - | special request for an amount equal to not less than the sum of the |
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| 20 | | - | allocations of each county to each conservation district, but in no event |
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| 21 | | - | to exceed the sum of $25,000 $50,000 per district. This $25,000 Such |
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| 22 | | - | $50,000 limitation shall be applicable for fiscal year 2008 2026, and |
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| 23 | | - | thereafter, subject to appropriations therefor. The division, as soon as |
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| 24 | | - | practicable after July 1 of the following year, shall disburse such |
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| 25 | | - | moneys as may be appropriated by the state for this purpose to each |
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| 26 | | - | conservation district on a $2 division moneys basis to a $1 county |
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| 27 | | - | moneys basis to match the funds allocated by the commissioners of |
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| 28 | | - | each county, except that the total amount disbursed shall not exceed |
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| 29 | | - | $50,000 per district. Distribution shall be prorated in proportion to |
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| 30 | | - | county allocations in the event that appropriations are insufficient for |
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| 31 | | - | complete matching of funds. Municipal accounting procedures shall be |
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| 32 | | - | used in the distribution of and in the expenditure of all funds. |
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| 33 | | - | Sec. 2. K.S.A. 2-1907c is hereby repealed. SENATE BILL No. 36—page 2 |
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| 13 | + | Section 1. K.S.A. 2-1907c is hereby amended to read as follows: 2- |
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| 14 | + | 1907c. On or before September November 1 of each calendar year, each |
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| 15 | + | conservation district shall submit to the division a certification of the |
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| 16 | + | amount of money to be furnished by the county commissioners for |
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| 17 | + | conservation district activities for the ensuing calendar year. Such amount |
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| 18 | + | shall be the same as authorized for such purposes in each approved county |
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| 19 | + | budget. For the purpose of providing state financial assistance to |
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| 20 | + | conservation districts and subject to the matching requirements as |
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| 21 | + | provided further, the division in the regular budget request, as a line item |
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| 22 | + | for the forthcoming fiscal year, shall submit a special request for an |
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| 23 | + | amount equal to not less than the sum of the allocations of each county to |
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| 24 | + | each conservation district, but in no event to exceed the sum of $25,000 |
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| 25 | + | $50,000 per district. This $25,000 Such $50,000 limitation shall be |
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| 26 | + | applicable for fiscal year 2008 2026, and thereafter, subject to |
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| 27 | + | appropriations therefor. The division, as soon as practicable after July 1 of |
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| 28 | + | the following year, shall disburse such moneys as may be appropriated by |
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| 29 | + | the state for this purpose to each conservation district on a $2 division |
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| 30 | + | moneys basis to a $1 county moneys basis to match the funds allocated by |
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| 31 | + | the commissioners of each county, except that the total amount disbursed |
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| 32 | + | shall not exceed $50,000 per district. Distribution shall be prorated in |
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| 33 | + | proportion to county allocations in the event that appropriations are |
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| 34 | + | insufficient for complete matching of funds. Municipal accounting |
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| 35 | + | procedures shall be used in the distribution of and in the expenditure of all |
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| 36 | + | funds. |
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| 37 | + | Sec. 2. K.S.A. 2-1907c is hereby repealed. |
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